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Facebook- By creating a Group chat and also secret group page, we had a hub for all f our research and planning decisions. Within the group, we posted visual ideas as well as descriptive posts on what we had to do and what changes to make to our ideas. The features of facebook such as the seen reciept and the ability to comment meant that we were all aware of which group members had seen each new post, and could update them n other ways if so. Furthermore, the chat ability on facebook was extremely helpful in allowing us to coordinate our project together- an instant online chat. We all had smartphones, so were able to use the facebook messenger app to talk at any moment or on the go.

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Google drive was great as it meant that we did not have to assign singular documents to specific individuals- improving the overall group effort and quality of research and planning. Howver, one of the major problems that we noticed with drive was that was very slow when being used by all of us at the same time, and experienced occasional bugs- such as freezing, crashing or not saving, thereofre we made sure to back up all of these documents in more reliable software such as microsoft word.

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This was a professional special efect creating software. I personally had never used it before, so began learning the basics, and went on to start trying to turn HD footage into damaged looking VHS style footage

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We used this in order to create a steal o matic, then create an animatic, then basic timeline as well as to test VHS alongside HD footage. This was very good and offered professional capabilities, however, one disadvantage was that I was not very experienced with it therefore had to leave some duties to groupmates who were better at those specific tasks.

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The first of these, the technology I am using right now to create this documentation of my progress, is Blogger. Using the Internet based technology blogger.com, I was instructed to document all of my work in an informal, diary-style. Blogger has been more of an advantage than disadvanage, due to the fact that online website and blogs are now the most commonly used technology. My blog was vital as it enabled me to have a hub for all of the new media I used during the project, as well as offering multiple opportunitues for communication and interconnectivity with other sites and platforms.

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We also downloaded Hangouts- an app produced by Google which allows video conferences via google accounts. This was especially useful as it meant that when not at school, we could still make decisions and discuss plans together. Furthermore, as a google product, it already had other youtube products integrated into it such as search and youtube, making sharing influential videos with one another much easier and quicker.

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We began using photoshop to visualise our album art and website initail ideas.
-Premiere pro -  We began using photoshop to create a steal o matic, then create an animatic, then basic timeline as well as to test VHS alongside HD footage.
-Snipping tool- I personally used this a lot to get screen grabs of influential websites/ albums/ photos/ videos

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Although we did not use the VHS much at this stage, I already had experiece with it therefore I showed the others how to change settings and operate the device

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We used this to capture the analog footage from the VHS into digital format- (AVI) - which could then be moved around and edited freely.

-Honestech screen capture- We used this to capture the analog footage from the VHS into digital format- (AVI) - which could then be moved around and edited freely.
-Easy-cap- This USB/ RGB chord enabled me to connect my VHS camera to our computer so that we could retrieve the VHS footage onto the computer.